Sheriff Folarin, Covenant University Nigeria shut its land borders in the wee hours of August 21, 2019. There was no warning, nor measures taken to protect people whose livelihoods depend on crossing these frontiers. It was a shock to the border security officials themselves as it was to travellers. The Nigerian government tried to justify the closure later as an issue of national and food security. The borders, it said, had become too porous and were being exploited by Nigerians and foreigners to smuggle contraband in and out of Nigeria. The major reason given was to prevent smuggling of goods…
Author: Pride Team
Reading 1 Wis 11:22-12:2 Before the LORD the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook people’s sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they are…
Sam Carr, University of Bath Most parents would agree that parenting is extremely complex and challenging. What works for one child, might not work for another – even within the same family. Parenting practices and beliefs around the world can also be strikingly different. Japanese children, for example, are often allowed to ride the subway by themselves from as young as seven. This would be considered unthinkable to parents in some other countries. Similarly, the idea of children going to bed at 6.30pm is horrifying to many Spanish or Latin American parents who see it as critical for children to…
Christian-Georges Schwentzel, Université de Lorraine When the film Wonder Woman is released in early June, it will surely join the blockbuster ranks of other recent comic book-inspired film franchises, including Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and X-Men. But that’s not just because it features a sword-wielding Gal Gadot in knee-high boots and a metal bodice. Wonder Woman has long been a bestselling creation, originally imagined in 1941 by the psychologist William Moulton Marston, and the film follows some of the main plot lines developed in the comic books. Wonder Woman is a superheroine known as Diana, princess of the Amazons, who is…
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Styles by Mrs Nobody (@ankarastyles) on Jul 25, 2019 at 12:37am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara…
This week, we’ve curated our favourite fashion styled looks found on Instagram from the most stylish pages. Check them below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by IDESIGN8 (@idesign8) on Sep 23, 2019 at 7:53am PDT View this post on Instagram AUTUMN ? @shopbop #stylesupport A post shared by Gezelle Renée (@gezellerenee) on Sep 24, 2019 at 1:36pm PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Oseh (@theladyvhodka) on Sep 25, 2019 at 9:56am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Teni Oluwo (@style_territory)…
Our Woman Of The Month of November is Ivie Adidi. She is a seasoned development economist, with a passion for youth and gender development in Africa. She is a champion of women’s rights in Africa and uses her platform to advocate for marginalized populations in society. Ivie currently works as a financial and training expert in the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), where she has pioneered initiatives that promote the field of statistics and data science to young Africans across the continent. She has held several other positions in the AfDB over the past six years, and…
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology Most Americans who get married today believe they are choosing their own partners after falling in love with them. Arranged marriages, which remain common in some parts of the world, are a rarity here. But while doing research about arranged marriages, I’ve made a surprising observation: These seemingly different kinds of matrimony may be beginning to converge. Couples who ostensibly marry after spontaneously falling in love increasingly do that with some help from online dating services or after meeting through hookup apps. And modern arranged marriages – including my own – are becoming…
Veteran comic actor, John Witherspoon who is popular for his role in the “Friday” franchise and “The Tracy Morgan Show”, has passed on at age 77. He died at his home yesterday, Tuesday. The announcement which was made by his family via a statement, read: “It is with deep sadness we have to tweet this, but our husband & father John Witherspoon has passed away. He was a Legend in the entertainment industry, and a father figure to all who watched him over the years. We love you “POPS” always & forever” It is with deep sadness we have to tweet this, but our husband…
The widely anticipated fashion event, Lagos Fashion Week 2019, concluded last weekend. The four days event which has expanded to one of the formidable and extensively talked about fashion shows within Africa – thereby putting Lagos on the fashion map of the world – has an intelligent and foresighted woman, Omoyemi Akerele, at its helm. Today, she’s our Woman Crush Wednesday. As the creative and managing director of Stylehouse Files, a creative development agency for Nigerian and African designers, Akerele has expanded the vision and opportunities of fashion designers within the continent, giving them proper placement in the international market…